Titleetched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Originally published July 30th, 1782. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 6015., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Executioner's ax -- Braying asses -- Bible: quotations (2 Sam. 17:1-23).
Title from item., Printmaker, place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Soap tax -- Tax on lights -- Tax on windows -- Signs: sign-posts -- Trades: washerwomen -- Vehicles: tumbrels -- Windows -- Pitt's speech -- Gallow ropes., and Partial watermark in upper right of plate: fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Design in an oval, with the Prince of Wales shown half-length and in profile facing right, holding a fox in his arms which are crossed over his breast. A dialogue bubble from the fox's mouth says, "I shall get through at last."
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly a reissue of a plate published in the Hibernian magazine, 1785, p. 57., and Date based on the publication date of a similar print in the Hibernian magazine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806